Verbal meanderings about good books, the creative process and how it applies to so much of what we do, jewelry design--what inspires me, the stones I like, great recipes from my collection, gardening, Ireland and travel, and anything else that comes to mind.

E.H.: thanks. Sorry you missed the Monday event, but I'm also giving away a signed paperback on Marissa's Sizzling Hot Books where I have an interview up this week. I will draw one person's name, so leave a comment there. Glad you liked the excerpt--there were several I wanted to show. Had a difficult time deciding.To answer your questions: 1. I sold three novels and a novella to Kensington all of which will be re-released by TMP in the coming months.2. The books to come (including some never before published ones) are all different couples and different settings. 3. TMP is a wonderful publisher to work for. Kim appreciates quality so is a stickler for good grammar, smooth transitions, competent writing, but she did not make changes to my stories. I did have to reformat to TMP house style, however.

I was a bit curious about how much of your original concept was still there as I have heard horror stories of publishers wanting authors to gut their entire concept in order to get inline with company format..

I am pleased you and TMP clicked I have recently started reading their stuff and i like the quality - ALOT....

I also love your cover art as well - very tasteful, that is nice when the industry is overrun by half nekkid people as cover art...

E.H.: all of my original concept remains. This was not so at some of the New York publishing companies I submitted to. Even kensington was only interested in Late Harvest if I changed the wine-making family to an ethnicity other than German. Not so with TMP.